1st Edition
Classic American Popular Song The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000
408 Pages
118 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
406 Pages
118 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
406 Pages
118 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: What happened to American popular song after 1950? There are numerous books available on the so-called Golden Age of popular song, but none that follow the development of popular song styles in the second half of the 20th century. While 1950 is seen as the end of an era, the tap of popular song creation... Read more
Introduction 1. Classic Pop at Mid-Century 2. The Music Went Round and Round . . . 3. Late Flowering from Old Stock 4. Indian Summer of the Classic Popular Song 5. Re-Stocking the Songbook 6. The Land Where the Good Songs Go 7. Other Voices in Popular Song 8. Sondheim and After Copyright Information Index of Songs Cited Index of Songwriters Index of Other Names
Biography
David Jenness has performed as a pianist and singer, has been a music critic, and was president of the Kodaly Institute. As a historian of education, he is the author of Making Sense of Social Studies, among other works. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Donald Velsey is an architect by profession, and an amateur music historian. Beginning as a student at Yale and continuing thereafter, he has collected over 4000 American popular songs, many of them unpublished. He lives in Washington, DC.
"An excellent and much-needed contribution to the literature of American popular song." -- Phil Furia, University of North Carolina, author of The Poets of Tin Pan Alley.
